The Peerless Kobold - Chapter 5
Hi, Seimei here! I will be posting the original translations (with the original translator’s permission) while slightly retouching the story from this chapter up to chapter 170. Enjoy!
When I opened my eyes, I was enveloped in light-brown fur. Maybe it was due to the warmth and the fluffiness, but it had the feeling of security akin to being in a bed.
I’m pretty sure I died on the battlefield in Athos, but…
“Kyuu, kyuuaoon?” (What in the world is happening?)
Wh-what? I can’t speak!?
Probably sensing my agitation, the little ball of fluff next to me woke up and gave me a playful bite.
Stop it, you bastard, where do you think you’re licking!?
No, not that place, what the heck are you thinking!?
“Kuua, kuua, kuaaann!” (S-stop it, aaaaaaah!!)
Even the other fluff ball on the opposite side joined in the fray as I frantically fought against the sudden threat to my chastity.
”Ukyuu ♪”
”Kukyuuu!?” (You too!?)
I responded with violence to the ball of fluff who climbed on me from the side.
“Kuh, kuwawafuh!” (Kuu, eat my fist!!)
‘Pofu*’
“Kyuh, kyuaauuh!?” (What, it’s not working!?)
My soft paws buffered the shock of my punch, and I belatedly noticed my small and fluffy hands.
“Kh, kyuukyuah!? Kukyuh” ‘(Wh, what the hell is this hand!? Eei!)’
Pofu, pofu, pofu-pofu, Pofu-pofu-pofu-pofu-pofu
“Kyu, kyuaaaan ♪”
“Ku, kuruan! Kyuou?” (Hey, why are you happy!? Are you an M!?)
Even though I desperately tried to resist, my breath caught, and I lost my strength as the two fluff balls tried to lick me greedily until I was covered in drool…
“Uu~”
Just when I had half given up and let them do as they pleased, the huge, fluffy creature that had been enveloping us unexpectedly stirred. Looking up, I saw a humanoid, dog-type beast, which could not be mistaken as anything but a Kobold… I instinctively understood what I was now.
(Wha!? I’m a Kobold!?)
Amid the shock and confusion, I was wrapped up in my humanoid canine mother’s arms, and my exhausted puppy body was unable to resist the drowsiness as I was lulled to sleep.
This is how I was born as a Kobold, a dog-type humanoid beast that lives in the woodlands. Currently, I live with four other family members in a dark, underground lair at the back of the forest. There are several similar lairs in the vicinity, and all in all, about 30 Kobolds live in the area.
As soon as I was able to crawl, I popped my head out of the burrow to scout, but my mother gently picked me up and brought me back to bed.
“Kyu, kuun, kuaaan” (Fu, mother, I get it already.)
Curiosity killed the cat… Yep, that is apt for the current me.
By the way, my little sister also imitated me and crawled to the exit, but was brought back immediately. As my mother looked at us with a satisfied nod, I suddenly felt a presence behind me.
“Hapuh.”
“Kyan!?”
Quicker than I could turn around, my little brother bit my tail. Kuh, this kid attacks me from the back when I’m not careful, oi!?
Pofu, pofu-pofu-pofu
Haa, haa… I wasted energy again…
I should mention that I do not know the order in which I was born, and referring to my siblings as my younger sister and brother is merely subjective. And since I feel older, I didn’t participate in the rivalry to be beside my mother and left it to them instead.
Sometime later, my first test came as I was being weaned off.
“Kyuou, garuoguaoaaan!?” (Father, are you telling me to eat this!?)
“Wafu, uoau” (Yes, that’s right.)
The thing placed in front of me was a rabbit with its neck ripped off. Of course, its wild scent was overflowing because of the dripping blood.
”Kyuun…”
I hesitated as I saw it and climbed up on my mother’s knee to try begging for milk, but I was immediately picked up and returned to the dead rabbit’s side.
“Kyuu ♪”
“Wafuh!”
Tsk, my little sister and brother are already greedily eating. These damn beasts!!
Whatever. I get it, if I don’t eat this, then I’ll only starve to death later!
Chomp
Nn, it’s delicious!?
(Is it because my sense of taste is that of a Kobold’s?)
And so, my siblings and I ate the food that father hunted…
